Questions tagged [particle-に]
助詞「に」. The particle に (ni) represents motion towards something (English "to") and location (English "at" and "in"). Dative, locative and temporal case particle.
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～にしては vs. ～としては
I know one implies the thing I'm comparing actually is the thing I'm comparing it to, and the other doesn't.
Can someone suggest an easy example or trick for remembering which is which?
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には in this context
デイブ： カナダも暖冬です。海が全部凍りません。だから、アザラシが逃げます。
恵子： まあ、かわいそうですね。シロクマは。でも、アザラシにはよかったかも！
Here is like a conversation between two people about polar bears in Canada.
What I am confused about is the use of には in ...
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Function of 私に when someone else wants someone to do something
私の妻はこの古いよい帽子を私にすててほしいと思っている。
I understand this sentence, but when I dissect it, I realize I'm not sure why に is being used. Does anyone care to explain?
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Difference between に and へ particles
I am a beginner, and I do not really understand the difference between に and へ particles. My teacher told that they can be used interchangeably when it comes to indicating "direction" and &...
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Use of 以前に in this sentence [duplicate]
想いがこみ上げて、目に涙が滲んでいくのがわかった。
会いたい。会って話がしたい。
それが叶わない以前に、今更叶えたらいけないことだと分かっているから、ぐっ…と唇を噛み締めて堪える。
The character is wishing to meet his family (who is alive but he can't meet them for reasons) and he says ...
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how is に used in this sentence?
I just need clarification of how it was used in this particular sentence
相対的になされるべきで 一部ではなく全体のバランスが対象に
I'm just confused why there is a に at the end I did check the video if the voice actor said ...
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The grammar of 教授がハリーをひとり占めにはできなかった
みんなが寄ってくるので、教授がハリーをひとり占めにはできなかった。
Everyone had gathered round, so the professor was unable to monopolise Harry.
I'm struggling with the grammar of the second clause here. The closest structure I can ...
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what does に in this sentence actually mean? [duplicate]
エアコンを掃除するときは、安全上、必ずコンセントを抜いてからにしてください
I know this sentence means that you should pull out plug first if you want to clean air conditioner, but what does this に mean?
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Usage of だけにしか in XとYだけにしか見えない
ハグリッドと自分だけにしか見えないんじゃないか、とハリーは思ったが、...
Harry wondered if it wasn't visible to any one except him and Hagrid, ...
It seems that I could remove だけに from this sentence and preserve the meaning.
I assumed ...
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Parsing XをYにと請われた
ダンブルドアを大臣にと請われたんだがな、... (Japanese TL)
They wanted Dumbledore fer (for) minister ... (original Harry Potter)
The grammar of this sentence confuses me. Is 請う in passive form, or is this honorific? ...
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Corrections causing confusion about using に over で
When talking about chimneys with a native Japanese speaker, I said:
でも、アメリカンの家には普通です
But, for American houses it's normal (for chimneys to exist/be a part of the house).
Which was corrected to:
でも、...
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What is the purpose of the particle に in the phrase 何歳にみえますか?
In the sentence この人たちは何歳にみえますか, I originally thought to use the particle を since it marks the thing getting "verbed" (and it seems like 何歳 is getting verbed), but に seemed possible as well, ...
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Missing に particle: ごろ vs ごろに
I am studying Genki I at the moment and I stumbled across the following sentence:
私はよく七時ごろうちへ帰ります
I understand that the meaning is "I often return home at around 7 o'clock".
But I feel like ...
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what is the meaning of "メチメタ" in below sentence?
I searched on the internet but I didn't find the meaning of "メチメタ" in the below sentence:
いにしえの書物には魂が メチメタこもってっからひとを呼び寄せたり乗り移ったりすっかんね。
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What is the meaning of バ～ロ～?
What is the meaning of バ～ロ～?
I am watching a Japanese TV drama and the word" バ～ロ～" is translated in the subtitles as "idiot" but I want to know the exact word. I checked it on the ...
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what is the role of "立ち" in below sentence?
I know the total meaning of this sentence:
黒田君達 特Sが上に立ち望月君達が それを下から支える役回りというわけなんです。
but I want to know the role of 立ち in the sentence. Is it works as an infinitive verb?
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what is the exact meaning and function of いっちゃいましたよ and しろって in bellow sentence
I know that the meaning of "僕はねはっきり いっちゃいましたよおい黒田をヒーローにしろって。" is “I was clear about it. “hey, make Kuroda the hero!” but I want to know the exact meaning and function of いっちゃいましたよ and しろって
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Location with the verb 寝る: に or で?
As the question says. I'm aware that the use of に with verbs like 座る and 立つ is not actually "location" に, but the "target/destination" に. However with 寝る in particular, it's still ...
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Is it acceptable to include both direction (へ) and destination (に) in a sentence?
The English sentence "I went east to Japan." is quite simple - a direction and a destination together in a sentence. But it seems this is rather tricky to translate into Japanese.
I asked ...
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What does the term 信じる心に mean?
So I was trying to translate the lyrics from the 1st OP of Getter Robo Armageddon anime into my language and right now I'm stuck with this "信じる心に".
It would be very much appreciated if ...
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the usage of に in this sentence
腕に当たっただけでこの威力 says a person just got hit. But that に doesn't make too much sense, he never hit his hand, but he says he hit it? Or does he say he was hit and the 当たる just functions as passive?
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How does に fit in here? [duplicate]
先生にこんなお孫さんがいたんですか
Could someone explain to me how it fits in here and why it works?
I'm still confused about why they use the ''に'' instead of ''は'' here
like this:
先生はこんなお孫さんがいたんですか
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Use of に particle when asking a someone a question
I saw a post online today where a Japanese person wrote the following:
彼に何時に行くか聞いてみるね
They also gave an english translation, which more or less matched up with what google translate says
I'll ask ...
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How does ''ni'' fit in here?
I'm trying to figure out this sentence, I'm still new but it still doesn't make sense to me.
お金にお困りのようね
Shouldn't it be a "ga" or a "ha"? How is the trouble going towards money ...
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Usage of に、とき, ときに
Are these sentences correct?
クリスマスにパソコンを買った。
クリスマスのときパソコンを買った。
クリスマスのときにパソコンを買った。
What is the difference when using に、とき, ときに?
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と+に in 棚が手前と奥とに2つあって
棚が手前と奥とに２つあって
How does と+に function here.
And, what does it mean.
In my opinion, I think it's same as
棚が手前と奥、２つあって、
(I think there's no need to add とに)
Full sentence : 棚が手前と奥とに2つあって、...
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Use of the を and に particles together with nouns
I'm not talking about を に する but rather に をする
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NounAにNounBをする
Examples:
恐怖に体を固くする
How one should take that sentence? I've seen some TL mark is "By" but I don't understand why?
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Is using に with 先日 incorrect?
Bunpo-check keeps saying that the に in here is incorrect 先日に歩た時の、校長さんを見た
If it's so, please explain me why. Thanks
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What is the に doing in「略語は社内での使用に留(とど)めましょう。」?
This phrase is a heading in a business-Japanese book. Underneath, the book talks about avoiding casual contracted words in the office and on phone calls.
From what I know about 留める(とどめる), which is a ...
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Can you add a "cause" to an intransitive verb with に
I was wondering if when you have the transitive statement
誰が窓を[開]{あ}けた？
You can make an intransitive version like
窓は誰に[開]{あ}いた？
I can't find any sources that tell if you can add the "actual&...
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Understanding 食べるに楽しい
味よりも先に香り、温度、食感……。たった一口で何とも面白い。そして当然のように味はこの上ない。
いいモナカだった。
食べるに楽しい、何よりおいしい。
リコリス・リコイル Ordinary days
How should I understand the usage of the bold に?
Is it like 思うに, 察するに, etc.?
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自分になりたい。 自分でありたい。 What's the difference?
I know both sentences more or less mean "I want to be myself", but I'm not sure of the subtle differences.
When would you use でありたい over になりたい ?
Source: Tsurune season 2 trailer. Both are ...
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What does に indicate in "運転手に重大な過失は認められなかった"?
The following excerpt is from a reading comprehension exercise (page 214 of TRY! 日本語能力試験 N2 文法から伸ばす日本語).
交差点で車同士が衝突する事故が起きた。事故原因の調査では、運転手に重大な過失は認められなかった。
Is it correct to recognize 認められなかった as the (...
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What is the correct way to use ”には” as a particle? Also how credible is Duolingo?
How credible is Duolingo? I've heard many bad things about its grammar in Asian languages so I just wanted to see if they got this specific thing right. One of the Questions it asked was how to ...
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Using に to make a comparison
I came across the following sentence in an old Japanese text a while ago and am wondering about the use of に here:
工場の規模極めて小さく且使用機械不完全なる為め、製品の品質本邦產品に劣り。
Now I am pretty sure that the に here is used ...
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"With" / "together" meaning of the に particle
While studying the basic functions of particles, I came across the following sentence:
パンにコーヒーか紅茶を飲みます
(I have coffee or tea with / together with bread)
I don't know if this is the correct translation ...
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Use of particle に
What is the reason why に is used in this sentence instead of が or を?
外国語を使って仕事をしていらっしゃる方々にお集まりいただきました。
Does this いただく here stand for honorific of する or of もらう?
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Does the highlighted に in the following passage correspond to a dative subject marker?
I am having a hard time trying to parse the following passage, in particular the に particle highlighted in bold:
天皇が行っている主な活動には、政府が決めたことを天皇の名前で発表して儀式を行うこと（大臣の認証任命式など）や、災害 に あって苦しんでいる人々に会いに行って励ましたり、...
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に usage in 「定めに抗う...」
I am having trouble understanding the usage of に in this particular context. I've attached a picture of the sentence「定めに抗い、変革を望む者…」. Here's another sentence where I think に is acting in the same way ...
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帰り道で見た and 帰り道に見た?
I seem to have seen/heard both.
帰り道で見た東京タワーが上空を照らしていた (source)
帰り道で見た景色 (source)
帰り道に見たかもしれない夕日の絵を描きました (source)
帰り道に見た夕日 (source)
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Difference between the particles で and に？ [duplicate]
I have noticed that both the particlesで and に tend to mean the same thing (in / on). What ous the exact difference between these two, how do I know when to usr I've or the other, and what are some ...
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Why で in アパートでペットを飼ってる but に in 心の中に怪物を飼ってる?
で in アパートでペットを飼ってる seems to be common usage, but why に in 心の中に怪物を飼ってる? I haven't found any examples of 心の中・奥で○○飼う, but here are examples of に:
心の中に怪物を飼ってる餅 (source)
すげぇやつはみんな心の中に怪物を飼ってる (ブルーロック)
葛西「...
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How do で and に differ here?
I have seen both "someoneで(は)わからない" as well as "someoneに(は)わからない"
How are the nuances changed? How do they differ?
Another example would be "私にわかることは....、私でわかることは...."
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Help parse and understand the sentence?
メルセデス・ベンツ日本は、一部改良した「メルセデス AMG GT
4ドアクーペ」の日本導入を発表。予約受注を開始した。改良モデルでは、従来のマルチチャンバーを備えたAMGライドコントロール+のエアサスペンションに、新たにダンパーの外側に2つの圧力制御バルブを上級モデルの「GT
53」に標準装備。「GT 43」にはオプションで用意された。
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海にでも散歩してほしいね Does に work here?
A: 何故台風はいつも休日に来る？
B: 台風も休みだから散歩なんじゃない？
A: (1) 台風も生きてるのか... なら海にでも散歩してほしいね
A native speaking friend made a joke but their use of に doesn't sound quite right to me. Shouldn't it be 場所で散歩?
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Verbs that "should" be used with に without に
当たり前だと思っていた明日が来ること"も"飽きていた
Does the meaning change without に? I would personally say 当たり前だと思っていた明日が来ること"にも"飽きていた, with に since I see 飽きる being used with に almost all the time. Am ...
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に vs. を in "to pass a test"
Every time I'm feeling confident about the correct usage of に, を, and で, I get thrown for a loop. Could someone please explain to me the use of に in this sentence:
I will study a lot and pass the ...
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